Ann Arbor City Council Meeting Summaries

Accessible from A2COUNCIL.com and A2ELNEL.com/A2COUNCIL

For each City Council meeting, I have provided links to the City's Legistar website, CTN's YouTube video, and links to my newsletters and voting charts that I publish on A2ELNEL.com. I have listed agenda items of interest from each meeting, along with Legistar links, articles I've written (highlighted purple), and articles published on MLive. Look for highlighted text to find votes on development, affordable housing, and the City's Sustainability and Innovations department.

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April 15, 2019

• APPROVED: $1,329,964 Agreement with Downtown Development Authority (DDA) for the William Street Improvement Project (protected bike lane) (Legistar)

  • ​https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2019/04/ann-arbor-dda-to-split-william-street-construction-cost.html

• APPROVED: $60,000 operating support for the Ann Arbor Housing Commission to administer voucher program (Legistar)

• APPROVED: $2,582,770 for Water Treatment Plant UV Disinfection System (Legistar)

  • https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2019/04/ann-arbor-oks-plan-to-keep-diarrhea-causing-parasite-out-of-citys-water.html

• Two rezonings as directed by City Council resolution from 9/4/18 (sponsored by CM Smith, Legistar) to maintain existing scale and character, preserving single and two-family residential, consistent with the Master Plan

  • APPROVED: Rezone from R4C to R1D/R1E (Multiple-Family Dwelling District to Single Family Dwelling District) W. Hoover and W. Davis (Legistar)

    • ​Planning Commission recommended DENIAL (5-3)

  • DEFEATED: Rezone from C2B to R2A (Business Service District to Two-Family Dwelling District) S. Ashley Street (Legistar)​​

    • Planning Commission recommended DENIAL (0-8)

• APPROVED: Site plan for 327 E. Hoover (Legistar)

  • 6 units and 885 sq. ft. of retail

  • ​https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2019/04/new-apartments-next-to-noisy-train-tracks-get-ann-arbor-councils-ok.html

• DEFEATED: Attempt to override Mayor’s VETO of millage rebate (unrestricted) money allocations consistent with community survey results (Legistar)​

  • Council meeting of April 2, 2019 approved resolution to allocate 2019 millage rebate (unrestricted) funds consistent with community survey results (adjusted, based on funding already committed) (Legistar)

  • Mayor Taylor VETOED this resolution on April 5, 2019 (Legistar)

  • https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2019/04/attempt-to-override-ann-arbor-mayors-veto-falls-short-in-7-4-vote.html

  • ​Additional Thoughts (Apr 14, 2019) - Mayoral Veto of Mental Health Millage Compromise